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Re: [Amps] Cutting G-10 Board

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Subject: Re: [Amps] Cutting G-10 Board
From: Ian White GM3SEK <gm3sek@ifwtech.co.uk>
Reply-to: Ian White GM3SEK <gm3sek@ifwtech.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:43:16 +0100
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Peter Chadwick wrote:
>> Does anyone has advice on how to make straight cuts on 1/8" G-10 board
> material(actually, it is G-11 but very close to being the same as G-10)?  <
>
Several people have suggested cutting it roughly first, and then 
finishing off with some kind of router and a straight-edge. This is a 
job for a real router, though. Even a bottom-of-market 1/4-in router 
will be far more powerful than a Dremel tool, and also much safer.

>If you're cutting much of it, get a diamond saw. Fibreglass plays merry 
>hell with saw blades - and guillotine (shear) blades, too.A powered 
>jigsaw and a piece of steel strip clamped to it for a guide is useful. 
>Even, with care, a handheld tenon saw.

For finishing with a router, you'd need a tungsten carbide tipped 
cutter. Also it isn't worth spending more than $25 on the router, 
because the abrasive dust will get inside that too.


>A dust mask is HIGHLY advisable, as is working outdoors.

Especially when cutting fibreglass with power tools... and don't forget 
ear defenders (in later life, I'm learning the cost of that).


-- 
73 from Ian GM3SEK         'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek

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